LAST CALL

From the James Beard Award winning author of Bitters and Amaro comes this poignant funny and often elegiac exploration of the question What is the last thing you d want to drink before you die with bartender profiles portraits and cocktail recipes JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE TALES OF THE COCKTAIL SPIRITED AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE Everyone knows the parlor game question asked of every chef and food personality in countless interviews What is the last meal you d want to eat before you die But what does it look like when you pose the question to bartenders In Last Call James Beard Award winning author Brad Thomas Parsons gathers the intriguing responses from a diverse range of bartenders around the country including Guido Martelli at the Palizzi Social Club in Philadelphia he chooses an extra dry Martini Joseph Stinchcomb at Saint Leo in Oxford Mississippi he picks the Last Word a pre Prohibition era cocktail that s now a cult favorite and Natasha David at Nitecap in New York City she would be sipping an extra salty Margarita The resulting interviews and essays reveal a personal portrait of some of the country s top bartenders and their favorite drinks while over 40 cocktail recipes